Work Day

Today you have time to work on your presentations. Ask questions!

Homework:

Tomorrow, Thursday Dec. 14, your final report and presentation are due.

1.  Have a hard copy of the Letter of Transmittal and Final Report. 

2. Email the PowerPoint slides of your presentation to me.

3. Have a hard copy of the outline to give me before you present.

Presentation Assignment

You get feedback on revisions for your report in Turnitin.

I hand out the assignment sheet for the presentations.

Reynolds, Garr. "Top Ten Slide Tips" from garrreynolds.com

Draft #2 Due

You print your draft and submit to Turnitin.

Formatting for Business

I show you how to change the formatting of your report to a more business-like style.

Homework:

Draft #2 is due on Monday.

Looking at Drafts in Moodle

I've posted comments on your draft in Turnitin in Moodle.

If you make big changes, please post again using the Part 2 section of Turnitin.

We practice turning the textbook's citations into MLA style.

Homework:

1. Be revising your report.

Draft #1 Due

Today you read each others' drafts.

You will upload your draft into Turnitin. I will provide feedback there; I'll show you how to access the Turnitin report.

Homework:

1. Look over your feedback and consider what revising/ completing you need to do.

EasyBib

You make a Works Cited page for what you have so far.

Homework:

Your Draft #1 is due tomorrow. Create a letter of transmittal addressed to the class. The purpose of the letter is to introduce us to your report and topic, and invite us to read it -- politely.

 

CRAAP Test Quiz

You take a quiz over the CRAAP Test.

Homework:

Be writing you report. Draft #1 due Wednesday. You should have your sources on a Works Cited page for this draft -- formatting doesn't matter yet, but indicate where information has come from, both in-text and at the end.

Plagiarism and Paraphrasing

We look at what constitutes plagiarism, using the online quiz in Moodle.

Homework:

Be writing your report.

Citation?

Here's a quote/footnote from Bovee and Thill:

 For example, three-dimensional bar chart, cones, and pyramids can look appealing, but the third dimension usually adds no additional information and can be visually deceiving as well. 16

16 "Pyramid Perversion -- More Junk Charts," Stubborn Mule blog, 12 March 2010, www.stubbornmule.com.


 For example, three-dimensional bar chart, cones, and pyramids can look appealing, but the third dimension usually adds no additional information and can be visually deceiving as well (             ).


I want to quote this in my paper. Which source do I use?

" For example, three-dimensional bar chart, cones, and pyramids can look appealing, but the third dimension usually adds no additional information and can be visually deceiving as well" (            ). 

  For example, three-dimensional bar chart, cones, and pyramids can look appealing, but the third dimension usually adds no additional information and can be visually deceiving as well.

Taking notes? Be careful about paraphrasing and quoting -- be clear for yourself which you are doing.

More About Sources

You finish assessing Bovee and Thill.

Then you have time to start looking for sources about your topic.

Homework:

1. Post in the Pre-Writing forum in Moodle with links to sources. The directions are in Moodle.

Using the CRAAP Test

Today you apply the CRAAP test to Bovee and Thill's sources.

Finding a Topic

We practice active vs. passive voice one more way: http://www.businesswriting.com/tests/activepassive.htm.

I show you my example progression of research (in Moodle).


Your assignment is to complete a post in the Prewriting forum in Moodle.

Final Report Assignment

I return your Social Media reports.

Then I hand out the assignment sheet for the final project -- an MLA style informative report.

We look at an example.

More About Change

You practice active/passive voice more.

On the topic of change....jobs in manufacturing in the USA? http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2010/10/instead-of-legislating-appreciation-of.html

Have you seen these guys?

4 years ago

1 year ago

Yesterday


Go to Moodle and read/ post in the How About Your Job? forum. This forum requires replies as well as the initial post.

Active vs. Passive Voice and Change

We look at taking responsibility in grammar -- active and passive voice.

Then generations in the workplace.

Homework:

1. Post and reply in the Change in Your Industry forum.

Work Day

Your persuasive email is due before class tomorrow.

You have class time today to work on it. Use the assignment sheet to help you revise your draft.

The Hard Sell

We discuss the hard sell.

You look at getcoleman.com 

Fill out a worksheet. Then post in the ad forum in Moodle.

I hand out the assignment sheet for your persuasive writing assignment.

Homework:

1. Finish posting in the ad forum in Moodle.

2. Start writing your persuasive email.

The Three Appeals

We look at ethos, pathos, and logos in being persuasive.

You have a forum post to create in Moodle

Homework:

1. Complete the scenario forum (Being Persuasive) from Friday if you haven't.

2. Create a post in the Pathos vs. Logos Practice forum.

Being Persuasive

The next type of writing we're practicing is persuasive writing, pages 212-215.

This leads to http://www.lettersofnote.com/2013/03/the-outsiders.html


You're going to do something similar.


Homework:


1. Finish posting in the Being Persuasive forum in Moodle.